Our Mr. Spandau is also very expert at cap restoration, too.
Our Mr. Spandau is also very expert at cap restoration, too.
This man has authentic cap insignia at somewhat less than absurd prices, but I am not an agent of his.
GERMANWARBOOTY.COM...Authentic Militaria
well...I am pretty sure it's a old fake, look the lining construction, the serial numbers Under the SW...
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The other issue which seems alright to me is the weight of the cloth, i.e. that is is cap cloth and not cloth as used in either Feldblusen or even overcoats.
The fakes are made of the latter and not the former.
And you want to be certain that the black cap band is integral, too.
Opinions vary with these things, of course, and a computer picture offers no definitive measure.
I think it stands a chance,...
We have many, many images of such beat up, war time grey enlisted caps strewn around this site, and today is not the day for me to retrieve all the images.by Patrick Lewis
I warrant you that such a thing superficially seems like a fake, but it is also not my role here to enumerate all the pluses versus all the minuses.
In thirteen thousand nine hundred and eighty eight posts since 2008, I have done so, and the record stands.
Images courtesy of Bill Shea, to whom I have paid far too much money over the years. These are not my caps. And I do not have buyer's remorse, either.
Here is Mr. Mint's compendium of earlier caps. The cap in post # 4 in his thread is now mine, actually.
The ones I have enclosed are in worse shape, but also typical for what exists and what is also authentic.
These caps are not as nice as black SS caps at all.
SS Gray-Top White-Piped EM/NCO Visors
another piece of flotsam of the epoch of total war.
Flotsam - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary
This object is not floating, of course, but you get my drift.
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